The question came and went, Brian Kelly doing away with it as quickly as humanly possible, lest anyone within his program get caught looking ahead. “We need to win three more games,” Kelly said when asked what Notre Dame has to do to solidify its playoff position. “That’s all we can do.” … [Read more...]
California Governor Wants to Drill for Oil on Family Land
California Governor Jerry Brown last year directed state oil and gas regulators to research, map and report back on any mining and oil drilling potential and history at the Brown family's private land in Northern California. … [Read more...]
The Best in 10 Years, BlackBerry Priv
Hello, old friend. I can’t say I’ve missed you, but it’s still a pleasant surprise to run my digits over your surface. The bumps and ridges feel, after so much time, odd, yet strangely familiar. I honestly can’t believe it’s been almost five years since I gave up my last BlackBerry and touched my last BlackBerry keyboard. … [Read more...]
Bernie Sanders Says to Act Now Against Climate Change
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., left, announce new climate legislation, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. At right is Sierra Club President Aaron Mair. … [Read more...]
Anoto Group AB Acquires Smartpen Maker Livescribe
California-based smartpen maker Livescribe has a big announcement today: it’s being acquired by Swedish digital-writing solutions company Anoto Group AB, which operates globally in such industries as consumer, healthcare, banking and finance, transportation and logistics, and education. … [Read more...]
Son Charged With Murder of Parents
Medical examiners say a Connecticut couple whose remains were found last week, three months after they disappeared, died from gunshot wounds. … [Read more...]
Charlie Hebdo Cartoon Outrages Russians
Moscow is outraged over a cartoon in France's Charlie Hebdo that mocks the Russian plane crash in Egypt. "This has nothing to do with democracy, self-expression or whatever. It is pure blasphemy," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters, according to Russia's TASS news agency. … [Read more...]
A Look at Wonder Woman 40 Years Later
Sometimes the best man for the job is a woman. Especially when it comes to superheroics. Last week, Supergirl became fall's highest-rated debut series, proving to the world that skirts go with capes as well as spandex tights. … [Read more...]
Incredibly Strong Glass Invented by Japanese Scientists, Almost Unbreakable …
Rumors of a truly unbreakable glass breakthrough are greatly exaggerated. In late October, scientists in Japan revealed that they had successfully developed a new form of oxide glass that is as strong as cast iron and, by one metric, even stronger than Corning’s Gorilla Glass 4. … [Read more...]
Mysterious Kayak Death on the Hudson, More Details Revealed
Angelika Graswald, a 35 year-old Latvian native, has been charged with murder and is being held in the Orange County Jail in New York on a $9 million bond for allegedly killing her fiancé, 46 year-old Vince Viafore while kayaking on the Hudson River on April 19. … [Read more...]